Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #571 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range I 1804 - 1809
Page Number 629
Document Dates 1 Aug 1808 - 9 Aug 1808
Abstract Abraham Jump, in cons. of 20 shillings - manumist negro Lucretia, age 18 - on 1 Jan 1815 and her child Melasa, age 2 on 10 May last - at age 25 - the issue of both to be free as if born of white women, after they arrive at age as free white persons.

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